Opn. No.

Honorable Ronald A. Zweibel Chairman Crime Victims Board

Your counsel has asked whether the Crime Victims Board ("Board") must reduce its award to a "good samaritan" crime victim by the amount of any payments received or expected to be received by the victim from New York City under the City's good samaritan program; and whether the Board must defer its decision until the City has made a determination on a claim.

The State Crime Victims Board was formed to provide financial assistance as a matter of grace to the victims of crime in New York State who would suffer serious financial hardship from…